john mccain expressed his doubts. >> do you think an assault weapons ban can pass the congress? >> no. >> do you think it should? >> no. >> jennifer: now the question is without republican support is the president going to push for a ban any ways? so from his progressive basis point of view he has a mandate and he should use it. 62% of americans do support a ban. from the white house's perspective pushing an assault weapon's ban is a risky proposition. the president addressed the issue today in its press conference. listen carefully to what he says. >> we have to have stronger background checks that we can do a much better job in terms of keeping these magazine clips with high capacity out of the hands of folks who shouldn't have them. assault weapon's ban is meaningful. that those are things i continue to believe make sense. okay. will all of them get through this congress? i don't know. >> jennifer: sort of interesting the way he says that. the way he counters it. the fact that he mentions a ban is significant, because vice president biden didn't even bring it up once last wee